How to Say It Right the First Time, Every Time

by Bill McGowan, Alisa Bowman

Renowned media coach Bill McGowan shows how to communicate with confidence during the pivotal moments of life. He offers Seven Principles of Persuasion to use to establish the right tone for the right message to the right person at the right time. Learn how to overcome common mistakes and implement a better way of communicating using effective verbal and nonverbal language.

The New Science of Leading, Energizing, and Engaging

by Susan Fowler

Senior consulting partner for the Ken Blanchard Companies, Susan Fowler, reveals that motivating people doesn’t work because they are already motivated. What does work is helping people understand why they are motivated. Her Optimal Motivation process shows leaders how to help people meet their needs for autonomy, connection and competence for long-lasting motivation.

How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries

by Peter Sims

Bestselling author Peter Sims explores the value of taking small, experimental steps in developing breakthrough innovation. These little bets help determine direction while providing critical information from lots of little failures and from small significant wins. Sims shares examples of successful breakthrough innovators at work and the dramatic results of their efforts.

Everyday Values We Learned as Children (But May Have Forgotten)

by Jon Huntsman

Jon M. Huntsman started with practically nothing, and built a world-class business that carried him to Forbes’ list of America’s wealthiest people. In Winners Never Cheat, Huntsman, chairman and founder of Huntsman Corp., the world’s largest privately held chemical company, presents the principled lessons he has learned and followed throughout his lifetime. He also explains how business can return to the days when your word was your bond, a handshake was sacred, and swarms of lawyers we

The 7 Ways to Make Tough Decisions Easier, Deliver the Numbers, and Grow Business in Good Times and Bad

by Chuck Martin

Faced with shrinking budgets, smaller staffs, shorter deadlines, more demanding customers and an unrelenting call for innovation and growth, many executives need a fresh, bottom-line approach designed for what really works in today’s business environment. This new approach is what business strategist and CEO of NFI Research Chuck Martin offers in Tough Management. Based on more than two years of surveys of more than 2,000 senior executives and managers, this summary provides managers wi

New Thinking and Innovative Tools to Create Great Corporate Strategies. . . Using Insights from History and Science

by Evan M. Dudik

In this insightful primer on corporate strategy development, Dudik shows why the traditional strategic goal of sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) is being replaced by a new goal: opportunity creation and exploitation (OCE). Dudik also explores the business application of a classic military strategy: the hammer and pivot.